diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index d054f84..d9db59e 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@
 		if (fp == NULL)
 			die_errno(_("could not open '%s' for reading"),
 				  git_path_merge_head());
-		while (strbuf_getline(&m, fp, '\n') != EOF) {
+		while (strbuf_getline_lf(&m, fp) != EOF) {
 			struct commit *parent;
 
 			parent = get_merge_parent(m.buf);